Senior Electrical Engineer II

WGI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

LTD & STD

Life Insurance

401k with match

PTO

Holidays

HSA with company contribution

Pet insurance

Employee assistance program

Job summary

WGI is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer II to lead construction documents for electrical and lighting design in diverse markets. The role sits in our MEP team with opportunities to mentor, coordinate with city reviewers and utility designers, and manage project quality. The position is based in Austin, TX or Tampa, FL.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience, a PE license, and proficiency with Autodesk REVIT. We value collaboration, client communication, and strong design execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or related field.
• 10 or more years of experience post-graduation.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or other professional registration/certification.
• Proficient in Autodesk REVIT.
• Experience and desire to work in an open collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead designer on construction documents for electrical and lighting design across multifamily, commercial, high-rise and hospitality markets.
• Manage quality and execution of project assignments and coordinate with team members.
• Assist Team Leader with task scheduling to meet client goals and deliverables.
• Coordinate labor, workloads and budgets for current and future projects with the Team Leader.
• Develop personal expertise through training, study, and industry events.
• Communicate progress and provide feedback to team members and leadership.
• Maintain clear communication with clients, municipalities and internal teams.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor of Science in Engineering

Tools

Autodesk REVIT

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer II with 10+ years of professional experience to join our growing MEP team in Austin, Texas or Tampa, FL. The Senior Electrical Engineer II will serve as a lead designer on construction documents for electrical and lighting design in markets including multifamily, commercial, high‑rise, hospitality, and more. They will manage quality and execution of project assignments, and maintain relationships with city plan reviewers and utility designers.

Locations: Austin, TX or Tampa, FL.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD & STD, Life Insurance, 401k with match, PTO, Holidays, HSA with company contribution, Pet insurance, and Employee assistance program.

Responsibilities

• Experience within the industry with diverse projects and project types to bring creativity and technical competence to engineering challenges.
• Works with the team to share technical skills and expertise within the team to grow others.
• Assist team leader in task scheduling to ensure deliverables can be completed in a timely manner based on agreed client goals.
• Work with the Team Leader to manage labor expectations, team workloads, and budgets for current and future projects.
• Build your personal expertise through outside training, personal study, and industry events.
• Communicate and track team member’s technical progress and provide verbal and written feedback to associates and the Team Leader.
• Communicate excellently through email, phone and face to face. Work with the Team Leader to navigate communication of complicated or difficult messages to internal associates and client.
• Inform Project Engineers, Team Leaders and Project Managers of progress on assigned projects and communicate design concerns.
• Coordinate internal project deliverables in conjunction with internal project workflow documents and ensure that QAQC goals are met.
• Ensure that reports, plans and other deliverables meet both the company’s rigorous standards for quality prior to being submitted to clients or municipalities. Maintain client‑provided standards when necessary.
• As the design engineer for a team, review project deliverables to ensure client satisfaction and quality to avoid errors and omissions.
• Keep an open‑door policy with staff members to allow for review or projects, in‑process training opportunities and potential technical mentorship.
• Communicate skill or project deficiencies quickly and clearly to make team adjustments consistent with company policies.
• Understand labor, utilization, timesheet and project goals to effectively coordinate with the Team Leader in communicating team goals and workload expectations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in engineering or related field.
• 10 or more years of experience post‑graduation.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license (or other professional registration/certification) required.
• Proficient in Autodesk REVIT.
• Experience and desire to work in an open collaborative team environment.
• Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full‑time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas.

Physical Demands

The physical demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is performed in an office setting. Hand‑eye coordination is necessary to operate a computer, keyboard and mouse. Use of a telephone headset will allow for virtual communication with team members through Zoom and/or Microsoft Teams. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is often required to sit for prolonged periods, use hands/fingers to handle, feel or operate objects, tools or controls and reach with hands and arms, speak and hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Veterans/Disabled.